Buta Don 豚丼

Ingredients

• 1 clove garlic
• 1 cup lettuce leaves
• 1 tsp soy sauce
• １ tsp miso paste (*1)
• 300 g pork fillet
• a pinch salt and pepper
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 20 g butter
• 3 cups plain steamed rice

Instructions

1. 1

   peel & slice garlic: Peel the garlic and slice very thinly. Set aside.

2. 2

   Wash lettuce: Wash the lettuce thoroughly and tear into small pieces. Set aside.

3. 3

   Combine sauce ingredients: Combine soy sauce and miso paste and set aside.

4. 4

   Slice pork and season with salt & pepper: Slice the pork fillet into about 1cm thick slices, making sure to season with salt and pepper.

5. 5

   Heat oil in a frying pan: Heat 2 tsp olive oil in a frying pan over med-high heat.

6. 6

   Fry pork: Place the pork fillet in the heated frying pan. Cook about and half minutes one side then flip over the pork fillets and cook further one and half minutes.

7. 7

   Turn heat off: Turn the heat off, and transfer the pork fillet from the frying pan to a plate.

8. 8

   Transfer and cover the plate of cooked pork: Cover the plate with aluminium foil to rest.

9. 9

   cook garlic and butter: Put the frying pan back on medium heat. Add the sliced garlic and cook for 1- 2 minutes until the garlic become golden brown and crunchy.

10. 10

    Add butter and combined sauce: Add 20 g butter and the combined soy sauce and miso to the pan bring to bubble.

11. 11

    Serve rice, scatter lettuce and place pork over the lettuce: Serve rice in a donburi bowl, scattering the lettuce, and placing the cooked pork fillets on top.

12. 12

    Drizzle sauce over: Drizzle the garlic soy sauce butter over the pork and rice.

13. 13

    Garnish with shallots: Garnish with chopped green shallots or chives.